Who We Are

Steering Committee

Members of the WaSP Steering Committee (SC) provide strategy, guidance, and approve group projects and task force direction.

• Tantek Çelik (Strategy)
• Steven Champeon (Strategy, Architecture, Implementation)
• Porter Glendinning (Learn Group, Buzz Blog)
• Molly E. Holzschlag (Strategy, Buzz Blog)
• Holly Marie Koltz (Buzz Blog, Learn Group Co-Leader)
• Ian Lloyd (Strategy, Buzz Blog, Learn)
• Drew McLellan (Buzz Blog, Press, Dreamweaver Task Force)
• Dori Smith (Dreamweaver Task Force, Content Aggregator)
• Thomas Vander Wal (Strategy)

Task Force Members and Group Members

WaSP TF Members work on specific, defined initiatives. WaSP groups contribute to managing WaSP projects, creating articles and interviews, and other WaSP resources.

• Rachel Andrew (Dreamweaver Task Force)
• Kimberly Blessing (Buzz Blog, Learn)
• DL Byron (Buzz Blog, Content, Microsoft Liaison)
• Andy Clarke (Accessibility Task Force, Redesign2005)
• Meryl K. Evans (Learn, Buzz Blog, Content)
• Dean Edwards (Microsoft Task Force Technology and Strategy)
• Derek Featherstone (Accessibility Task Force)
• Jeremy Keith (DOM Scripting Task Force)
• Kazuhito Kidachi (Content, Strategy)
• Matt Mullenweg (Buzz Blog, Content)
• Anders Pearson (Learn, Site Management)
• Dave Shea (Learn Group, Buzz Blog)
• April Siegfried (Learn Group Co-Leader)
• Simon Willison (Buzz Blog, Learn Group)

Site Design and Maintenance

The current WaSP web site was created and is maintained by the following individuals.

• Dean Allen (Site Designer)
• Peter Fielding (Logo Designer)
• Todd Fahrner (Implementation)
• Ben Henick (Site Maintenance)

Advisory Committee

WaSP Advisory Committee (AC) members provide assistance, support, and insight to WaSP on an as-needed basis.

• Douglas Bowman
• Chris Casciano
• Anil Dash
• J. David Eisenberg
• Shirley Kaiser
• Steph Troeth

Emeritus

WaSPs in this category are awarded a lifetime recognition for their contributions to WaSP but are no longer active within the organization.

• Tim Bray
• Owen Briggs
• Andrew Clover
• Eric Costello
• Rick Cecil
• Glenn Davis
• B.K. DeLong
• Matthias Gutfeldt
• Sally Khudairi
• Scott Andrew LePera
• Ethan Marcotte
• Tom Negrino
• George Olsen
• Dunstan Orchard
• Anitra Pavka
• Mark Pilgrim
• Michael Sweeney
• Jeff Veen
• Jessamyn West
• Jeffrey Zeldman

CSS Samurai

The CSS Samurai was the Web Standards Project CSS Action Committee. Its members are CSS pioneers and advocates who worked to encourage bug-free implementation of CSS within user agents and other tools. Many CSS Samurai members have gone on to accomplish an impressive list of projects and influence in the area of Web standards.

• John Allsopp
• David Baron
• Roland Eriksson
• Todd Fahrner
• Ken Gunderson
• Ian Hickson
• Braden McDaniel
• Eric Meyer
• Liam Quinn
• Sue Sims